Marion Harvie Barnard

Marion Harvie Barnard
Born Marion Harvie
September 8, 1872
Cheshire, England
Died 5 March 1969
Indianapolis, Indiana
Occupation suffragette, teacher
Years active 1905-1920

Marion Harvie Barnard (1872–1969) was a suffragist. She was a member of the Woman’s Franchise League of Indiana and the treasurer of the Indiana Equal Suffrage Association.

Biography

Marion Harvie was born September 8, 1872[1] Cheshire, England to Thomas and Elizabeth (Watt) Harvie. She immigrated to the United States in the 1890s, with her sister Alice.[2] She taught at a private girls’ school in New England before attending Brown University from 1898 to 1902. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a degree in philosophy.[3] On 20 June 1901 in Rhode Island, Harvie married Harry Everett Barnard[2] and the couple moved to New Hampshire, where Harry worked as a chemist for the State Board of Health.[3]

In 1905, the couple moved to Indianapolis, Indiana.[4] Barnard became involved in reviving the defunct Indiana suffragist movement. At a meeting held in May, 1906, in Kokomo, she was elected to serve as treasurer of the Indiana Auxiliary of the National American Woman Suffrage Association. At a suffrage convention held between 16 and 17 March 1909 in Logansport, Barnard was re-elected treasurer.[5] Barnard was still serving as treasurer of the Indiana Auxiliary in 1914[6] and archival records at the Indiana Historical Society show she had correspondence with Carrie Chapman Catt.[7]

In 1909, the Woman’s Franchise League of Indiana was formed to try to get a woman elected on the school board.[8] Barnard was a member of the organization, and a member of the Irvington Women’s Club.[3] The Women's Club was involved in sanitation efforts such as cleaning up markets and groceries, safe drinking water, and waste disposal.[9] Her husband who was the director of the Indiana State Food and Drug Commission, supported these efforts[3] closing down bakeries and unsanitary businesses that handled food.[10]

Barnard also started the Indianapolis Social Register and was one of the founding members of the Irvington Dancing Club.[3]

She and her husband had two children. Barnard died 5 March 1969 in Indianapolis and was buried at Washington Park East Cemetery in Indianapolis.[2]

References

  1. ↑ UK General Register Office, PO Box 2, Southport, Merseyside, PR8 2JD, United Kingdom
  2. 1 2 3 "Marion "Minnie" Harvie Barnard". Find A Grave. Find A Grave. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "The Barnards" (PDF). Irvington Dancing Club Times: 2. October 2014. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  4. ↑ "Papers of Barnard, H. E. (Harry Everett), 1874-1946". Worldcat. ArchiveGrid. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  5. ↑ Harper, Ida Husted (editor) (1922). "CHAPTER XIII - Indiana". The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume VI. Project Gutenberg: National American Woman Suffrage Association. pp. 166–167.
  6. ↑ "Executive Office of Indiana Equal Suffrage Association in Logansport". Indianapolis, Indiana: The Indianapolis Star. February 8, 1914. p. 3. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  7. ↑ "Papers, 1888-1947". WorldCat. WorldCat. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  8. ↑ Adams, Wendy L.; Sutton, Chelsea (2011). "Members of the Woman's Franchise League of Indiana, 1915–1917" (PDF). Genealogy Across Indiana Magazine. Indiana Historical Society Press: 1–8. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  9. ↑ Barnett, Steve (editor) (2012). "100 Years Ago A series of news articles about Irvington". Irvington Historical Society. Retrieved 10 April 2015. 28 June 1912 "Irvington Woman’s Council met at the home of Mrs. H. E. Barnard"
  10. ↑ Guide, Bill (December 22, 2010). "Barnard Home Then and Now". Vintage Irvington. Vintage Irvington. Retrieved 10 April 2015.

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